MCP Server for scientific papers, citations, and academic research — Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar
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# Crossref Academic MCP Server MCP Server that gives AI agents access to scientific papers, citations, and academic research data. Queries **Crossref**, **OpenAlex**, and **Semantic Scholar** — three major open academic APIs covering 150M+ research works. No API keys required. All data sources are free and open. ## Tools | Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | `search_papers` | Search for scientific papers across Crossref + OpenAlex simultaneously | | `get_paper_details` | Get full metadata for a paper via DOI (bibliographic data + abstract + impact metrics) | | `get_citations` | Find papers that cite a given paper (via Semantic Scholar) | | `get_author_profile` | Look up an author's profile — publications, h-index, affiliations, research topics | | `search_topics` | Find the most-cited recent papers in a topic area (trending research since 2023) | ## Installation ### With pip (recommended) ```bash pip install crossref-academic-mcp-server ``` ### From source ```bash git clone https://github.com/AiAgentKarl/crossref-academic-mcp-server.git cd crossref-academic-mcp-server pip install -e . ``` ## Configuration Add to your MCP client config (e.g. Claude Desktop `claude_desktop_config.json`): ### Using pip install ```json { "mcpServers": { "crossref-academic": { "command": "crossref-server" } } } ``` ### Using uvx (no install needed) ```json { "mcpServers": { "crossref-academic": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["crossref-academic-mcp-server"] } } } ``` ## Example Usage **Search for papers:** > "Find recent papers about transformer architectures in NLP" **Look up a specific paper:** > "Get details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2" **Explore citations:** > "What papers cite the original attention paper?" **Author lookup:** > "Show me Yoshua Bengio's publication profile" **Trending research:** > "What are the most-cited papers about quantum computing from the last two years?" ## Data Sources - **Crossr…
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